Reply To: bidding on ebay where listing ends on shabbos

I am not asking for a new psak. I was just shocked because such an idea never popped into my head that I was doing melacha. I have retracted bids on eBay before, you just have to ask the seller to do it for you. Many sellers are willing to retract bids for legit reasons, esp if it means costing them positive feedback. I retracted bids at least twice so it is possible. I already know for a fact I ended up winning things over shabbos and paid for it afterwards never thinking it was a problem. His father went even so far to say that I should never put in a max bid even if the item is still up for bid over shabbos because I may still end up automaticly bidding over a shabbos. So even if a listing ends on Monday, I should wait till after to put in a bid. Anyway, it doesnt matter I was outbid this morning and now wont rebid for the necklace.